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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Kia ora<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe I found a minor bug.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have an extended elevation that includes a loop (many actually) and of course there is a gap in the loop as rendered that I would like to illustrate with a map-connection line. Where the yellow shading is in the image below, I would like to draw a horizontal map-connection line.<img width=302 height=236 style='width:3.1458in;height:2.4583in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01DA568F.E14FDAF0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So following the guidance in the Therion Book pages 105 and 106 I have created a scrap…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>scrap 2-HawkesElevEXT-s1connection -projection extended -station-names []@2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> point 0 0 station -name 2.4 -from 2.5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> point 100 0 station -name 2.4 -from 2.3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> line map-connection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> 0 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> 100 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> endline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>endscrap<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On creating the scrap and before referencing it in any maps, Therion is unhappy and exits with the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>#################### end of cavern log file ####################<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>done<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>calculating basic statistics ... done<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>processing extended elevation ... done<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>processing references ... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>C:\Program Files\Therion\therion.exe: error -- string pointer is null<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>writing xtherion file ... done<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Am using therion 6.2.0+fd5c1b6 (2024-01-10)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On experimenting a little, I realised that -station-names has no effect on the -from station parameter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So this was my workaround…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>scrap 2-HawkesElevEXT-s1connection -projection extended -station-names []@2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> point 0 0 station -name 2.4 -from 2.5<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>@2</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> point 100 0 station -name 2.4 -from 2.3<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>@2</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> line map-connection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> 0 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> 100 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'> endline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Abadi Extra Light",sans-serif'>endscrap<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=371 height=303 style='width:3.8611in;height:3.1597in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image005.png@01DA568F.E14FDAF0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll create an issue in GitHub.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>